A Jodel D150 Mascaret aircraft, parked-up, during the Kent Strut charity fly-in to Manston, Kent
The Jodel Mascaret is a French two-seat single-engined light aircraft of the 1960s built by Société Aéronautique Normande (SAN) as a replacement for the earlier Jodel D11 trainer/tourer aircraft. In 1961, Jean Délémontez designed a two-seat light aircraft for the Société Aeronautique Normande (SAN) at Bernay in Normandy to replace his earlier Jodel , which SAN (amongst other manufacturers) were building to meet a requirement for aircraft to equip flying clubs subsidised by the French government. Délémontez based the new design on his three–four seat Jodel Ambassadeur, (also being built by SAN), with a reduced span wing and shorter fuselage. The new aircraft, the Mascaret - named after a tidal bore first flew on 2 June 1962, production beginning in 1963. SAN Jodel Mascaret (built 1962) Like all the light aircraft that Délémontez designed under the Jodel and Robin names, the is a low-winged monoplane of wooden construction, with distinctive upturned outer wings. The was the first Jodel fitted with an all-moving tail, later fitted on larger models such as model (Sicile Record). It has a fixed tailwheel undercarriage, with its crew of two sitting side by side under a two-door canopy. It was offered with the same range of engines as the larger Ambassadeur, giving a good performance for a two-seat trainer/tourer Sixty-one had been completed by 1969, when SAN went into liquidation, the factory being brought by Avions Mudry. Plans for homebuilt construction of the Mascaret remain available, over 100 having been built, including completion of an unfinished factory airframe.
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Location: Manston Airport, Manston, Thanet, Kent
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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